LAKEWOOD, Colo. — A Lakewood teen who went missing Thursday has been found safe.
A Missing Indigenous Person Alert issued by the Colorado Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Friday said the girl had last been seen Thursday afternoon.
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On Saturday evening, CBI said the girl had been safely located and deactivated the alert.
Because the girl is a minor, 9NEWS is no longer identifying her.
If an Indigenous person goes missing in Colorado, the state sends out a specific alert. The new system went live in January 2023.
SB 22-150 expanded the investigation into cases of missing and murdered Indigenous people, and created the Missing Indigenous Person Alert through the Colorado Bureau of Investigation.
A request for such an alert must come from police. The law also requires a law enforcement agency that receives a report of a missing Indigenous person to tell CBI within eight hours if it involves an adult, or within two hours for a missing child.
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